West Coast hitwoman Irene Walker is the perfect understated foil for the Brooklyn hamminess of mob trigger man Charley Partanna. (lwlies.com)
Beyond Braff at the helm, Going in Style is scripted by Theodore Melfi, the recently Oscar - nominated writer / director behind Hidden Figures, which similarly followed a trio of undervalued people — in that case, three brilliant - but - overlooked black female NASA scientists — and found a way to make its dramatic hamminess (mostly) work to its own advantage. (theyoungfolks.com)
The high winds of hamminess roar through the rafters in Corinna McFarlane's The Silent Storm (2 *, 16, 102 mins), a po - faced drama set on a remote Scottish island just after the Second World War. (independent.ie)